[PATCH v2 9/9] docs: kernel-parameters: Drop the pata_legacy.qdi and pata_legacy.winbond entries

[Niklas Cassel]

On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 02:29:46PM +0200, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 11:46:49AM +0100, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> > pata_legacy no longer has the qdi and winbond module parameters:
> > commit 3c4d783f6922 ("ata: pata_legacy: remove VLB support") removed
> > both together with the VLB controller support. The entries also refer
> > to CONFIG_PATA_QDI_MODULE and CONFIG_PATA_WINBOND_VLB_MODULE, which do
> > not exist either.
> > 
> > Drop both entries.
> > 
> > Fixes: 3c4d783f6922 ("ata: pata_legacy: remove VLB support")
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter at gmail.com>
> > Acked-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal at kernel.org>
> 
> This one is actually a duplicate, I just found out. Ethan posted a more
> complete patch in June that removes all six pata_legacy entries which
> commit 3c4d783f6922 ("ata: pata_legacy: remove VLB support") left
> behind, this patch covers only two of them:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260607064053.195166-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com/
> 
> It has a Reviewed-by tag from Randy, but does not seem to
> have been picked up yet. 
> 
> So I suggest: drop 9/9 and take Ethan's patch instead.
> The other patches of this series are not affected.

I have picked up the patch that you linked to above:

ata: pata_legacy: remove documentation for removed module parameters
https://git.kernel.org/libata/linux/c/a19d4f9b

Thank you for the ping!


Kind regards,
Niklas